I saw this thread and since (for some strange reason) I have a lot of deer hair, I thought I would give it a try. Seemed Like it would give me a chance to practice positioning the hair and tying it down for the CDC and Elk.

Got the instructions from Charlie's Fly Box.

Here's the first one: Got the hair a little forward of the correct position and might be a little sparse.

(I should have thumbnailed the hairs to make the wing cover all 180 degrees of the top, but I snapped the pic before I thought of it.)(And next time I'll ease up a bit on the rearmost wing wrap, try to tame the wing angle.)(And it was a short hook that first came to hand.)(In other words, I rushed the little project!)(If I keep typing, I'll just find more things to pick about; so I'll hit the 'submit' button now.)

It doesn't get much simpler- Tie on, bind it back, spiral it forward, flair it back at a 'neck'.

Thats pretty close to where I ended up too...and they catch fish pretty well.Quote:

macrabbit wrote:Here's a quick Cartop Caddis:

(I should have thumbnailed the hairs to make the wing cover all 180 degrees of the top, but I snapped the pic before I thought of it.)(And next time I'll ease up a bit on the rearmost wing wrap, try to tame the wing angle.)(And it was a short hook that first came to hand.)(In other words, I rushed the little project!)(If I keep typing, I'll just find more things to pick about; so I'll hit the 'submit' button now.)

It doesn't get much simpler- Tie on, bind it back, spiral it forward, flair it back at a 'neck'.

Posted on: 2013/3/19 5:34

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